Heritage Trail

A drive amid the natural beauty of the Atherton Tablelands is an immersive experience that does so much more than soothing the traveller’s soul and delighting the senses.

Discover interesting and engaging facts about the region’s rich mining heritage, forestry and farming traditions along with newer agricultural industries, and the cultural practices of the local Indigenous people.

The Heritage Trail will take you to pretty, heritage-listed country towns that have retained the links to their past through quaint architecture and friendly, old-fashioned service.

Yungaburra is a picturesque village and is largely unchanged since 1910. With 18 heritage-listed buildings, it is the largest National Trust village in Queensland. Yungaburra takes its name from the Yidinyji language, meaning a place of enquiring or questioning.

Set on 16 acres, the Historic Village Herberton is a tin mining town with shops, pub, bank, chemist, grocer, printer and garage. There are more than 50 restored period buildings making this outdoor museum the most significant in Queensland.

Tour through Australia’s pioneering history with the award winning Herberton Historical Village. Visit Kuranda Lookout, Barron Falls and the local, award-winning Bridges Café. Take a guided tour of the historical pioneer village in Herberton, followed by an old-fashioned cooked lunch. After lunch, feel free to ride on the Tinlander train, and then follow the highway through the scenic Crater Valley and Herberton Ranges to Mt Hypipamee. Discover hidden truths of the rich Indiginous heritage in the area, and the historical timber, railway, mining, war and dairy industries of the early pioneers.